Oil-can.



PATENTED JAN. 7, 1908.

W. E. DILLARD.

OIL CAN.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.20.1906

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WALTER E. DI'LLARD, OF PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA.

OIL-CAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. '7, 1908.

Application filed December 20. 1906- Serial No. 348.798.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, l/VALTER E. DILLARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at 1 Petersburg, in the county of Dinwiddie and State of Virginia, have invented a new and useful Oil-Can, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to oil cans, and the object of the invention is to provide a squirt can that will be durable and effective.

Those who have had experience with squirt cans know that the ordinary forms are apt to become leaky after a very short period of use owing to the fact that the thin flexible bottoms of the cans are not adapted to withstand the rough usage to which a can is usually subjected.

The present invention aims to overcome this defect by providing the can with an improved double bottom, the outer member of which is adapted to serve as a protection to the inner member. It is also well known that the spouts of s uirt cans are apt to become clogged and c evices have been patented for clearing the spouts and also for controlling the flow of oil through the spout, but these devices are generally complicated and leaky, and it is the purpose of this invention to provide an effective spout cleanernot open to these objections.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved oil can; and Fig. 2 is a vertical central section of the same.

Referring to the drawing, the oil can presents an outward appearance similar to those now generally in use. The oil receptacle 1 is substantially conical in shape and is provided with the usual screw threaded aperture at its top for receiving the spout. The receptacle is provided with a double bottom the inner member 2 of which is of thin resilient metal and is centrally provided with an outwardlyextending lug or button 3; the outer member 4 is of relatively thick and unyielding material and is provided with a central aperture to receive the lug attached to the inner member. The said lug 3 projects through the outer member and is provided with an overhanging or flanged head 4 and compressed between the inner surface of this head and the outer surface of the outer bottom member is a spiral spring 5. The portion of the lug between the two bottom members is extended laterally in conical shape and adapted to form a tight joint with the outer member 4 as the two parts are pressed together by the said spiral spring, thus preventing the entrance of any dirt or foreign matter between the two members tending to interfere with the operation of the inner member.

It is obvious that the ejection of oil from the can is accomplished by pressure of the lug or button which compresses the spiral spring and forces inward the inner member 2 of the bottom, and when the pressure upon the button is released the inner member is returned to its original position by means of its own resiliency and also by means of the resiliency of the spiral spring.

The spout 5 of the can is screw-threaded into the top of the oil receptacle upon an intervening packing washer 6. The laterallyextending base or flange 7 of the spout is provided with a circular screw-threaded aperture 8 extending through the base parallel to the line of the spout; the inner end of this aperture is flanged and adapted to retain a packing ring 10 which is held in place by the screw-threaded bushing 11 having the hexagonal outer end 12, thus forming an adjustable packing box within which is slidably supported. the outer end 12 of a bent wire spout cleaner 13 provided with the terminal knob or handle 14. The inner end 14 of the spout cleaner extends normally to a point within the spout adjacent to the tapering mouth 15 thereof and is adapted. to be forced therethrough for purposes of cleaning by the elevation or depression of the outer end of the cleaner. The spout cleaner serves also to vary the effective area of the spout opening and thus to regulate the flow of oil through the spout. This is accomplished by adjusting the cleaner with respect to the tapering mouth of the spout.

By means of the adjustable packing box all leak is prevented between the cleaner rod and its bearing, and the friction between the rod and its bearing may be so adjusted by means of the bushing as to hold the rod normally in any desired position in relation to the spout to regulate the flow through the spout.

In the operation of this can it is evidently impossible to compress the flexible bottom of the can from any point other than the center thereof, and by this arrangement the bottom retains its resiliency much longer than where it is possible to compress it from various points.

Having thus fully described the invention,

What is claimed and desired to be secured by in contact With the edges of the perforations Letters Patent is An oil can comprising a receptacle having a of the outer member.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as double bottom made up of an outer plane my oWn, I have hereto affixed my signature 5 perforated member and an inner imperiorated flexible concaved member having aconical lug Which passes through the perforation in the outer member, and a peripheral flange Which rests upon the outer member and 10 means for resiliently retaining the conical lug in the presence of tWo Witnesses. I

, WALTER E. DILLARD.

Witnesses:

R. H. SEABURY, T. S. TUGH. 

